RD Wood Dash kit

[KenC]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33705&item=2454623899

I'm sure most on here don't dig the wood. I think it looks horrible if your car has a 'sports car' theme. However, mine is slow and there is nothing 'sporty' about it. You just have to have the right car for it.
I think it looks pretty sweet. The Alpina one is pretty nice as well.

[Rob]

what I'd do, would be refinish it in gloss black or something, then it would really add to the interior I think

[bimmerphile]

I agree. A gloss-black finish would look awesome.

I'm planning on picking one of those up, shaving it slightly, and recovering it in C/F...


...well, maybe we'll see how the photoshop looks first :-)

[Charlie]

That actually wouldn't look bad in a slushbox cabrio.

-Charlie

[KenC]

That actually wouldn't look bad in a slushbox cabrio.

-Charlie

Or my bronzit 318i 8)

[LikeCDoos]

thats not my bag...baby

if you like it I say get it then. Isn't that all that matters

[sovann]

First post :D

When I got my E30, it came with a similar kit, but in a 'walnut' finish. The laquer was cracking a bit and looked crap, so I decided to respray it gloss black. I've done the bits for the glovebox and the steering column surround in a satin black colour so far. I'm sort of using the satin black as an undercoat, and will sand it nice and smooth before I spray on the gloss black. Looks like this:


I also had these panels which were screwed to the doors...


...like this:


Not sure what I'm going to do with these yet. Maybe paint them gloss black to match the other bits, or cover them in black/grey vinyl that matches the dash. Or leave them off entirely - dunno really.

[KenC]

How much do you want for the front door ones?

Wow, you can really see where they've faded over the years.

[sovann]

How much do you want for the front door ones?

Me? Er, I live in Australia dude :o Besides, I'm not really looking to sell them :)

[M42Technik]

How much do you want for the front door ones?

Me? Er, I live in Australia dude :o Besides, I'm not really looking to sell them :)

There doesn't seem to be much of an E30 business in Australia, at least by the looks of ebaymotors.com.au, and since the USD is very strong there, I was hoping to buy stuff from there. Can you hook us up with some websites to buy E30 stuff from Australia? Shipping would still be a bit of a hassle though.

[KenC]

How much do you want for the front door ones?

Me? Er, I live in Australia dude :o Besides, I'm not really looking to sell them :)

I knew you were in Australia; shipping would be quite a bit. But I really like the wood door panels; they're classy. :D

[franz]

Come to think of it, that kit on ebay is for cars with steering wheel on right also, isn't it?

[KenC]

Come to think of it, that kit on ebay is for cars with steering wheel on right also, isn't it?

I think you're right. You wouldn't be able to use the one that went under the steering column and around the headlight/foglight switches.

[sovann]

There doesn't seem to be much of an E30 business in Australia, at least by the looks of ebaymotors.com.au, and since the USD is very strong there, I was hoping to buy stuff from there. Can you hook us up with some websites to buy E30 stuff from Australia? Shipping would still be a bit of a hassle though.

You could try www.carshine.com.au - I haven't bought anything from them before, but apparently they are quite expensive. They sell some of those wooden dash kits though, in walnut, similar to mine.

Also have a look at http://www.bavariacars.com.au/

It's pretty hard to find E30 stuff here though, especially on the web. A lot of vendors don't have online catalogues or anything, I guess we're a little backwards out here in the bush :D

Anyway, I thought the US dollar was very weak over here at the moment ie. AUS$1 is like US$0.77 I think, but I never did understand the whole international currency thing...